SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A drunken brawl in a neon-lit karaoke bar, a bottle of soju in hand, unfolds to the sound of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen.” It may look like a scene from a Korean drama, but it is in fact from Butterfly, a new American series that wears its Korean influences proudly. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Rare butterfly samples collected by world-renowned Korean entomologist Seok Joo-myung across the country during Japanese colonial rule will be returned to South Korea from Japan this week, a government agency said Tuesday. The National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) said it plans to receive a donation of about 120 [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Institute of Biological Resources announced that they will be providing a service where one can search for the names of 200 species of butterflies inhabiting Korea. The service is provided at the homepage of the institute (www.nibr.go.kr/species). By selecting the color, pattern and shape of a butterfly, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The butterflies that live in the southern part of Korea have migrated 1.6 kilometers a year for the past 60 years, due to global warming. In the process of organizing the distribution change of butterflies among different species, the Korea Forest Research Institute discovered that the movement of the [...]